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Evaluation of procalcitonin as a biomarker of diagnosis, severity and postoperative complications in adult patients with acute appendicitis

Background: Delay in diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis (AA) results in an increased rate of perforation, postoperative morbidity, mortality and hospital length of stay. Several biochemical parameters including white blood cell (WBC) count, C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin-6 (IL6) an...

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Autores principales: Vaziri, Mohammad, Ehsanipour, Fahimeh, Pazouki, Abdolreza, Tamannaie, Zeinab, Taghavi, Roohollah, Pishgahroudsari, Mohaddese, Jesmi, Fatemeh, Chaichian, Shahla
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Iran University of Medical Sciences 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4219879/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25405116